Five Oak Ridge High School students have been recognized as 2013 National Merit Commended Scholars by the National Merit Scholarship Corp., according to information from the school. The Commended Scholars are:

• Kyoung-A Cho, daughter of Seunghee Lee and Jae-Hie Cho.

• Amelia DiAngelo, daughter of Rebecca Halperin and Al DiAngelo.

• Kate Hoffman, daughter of Deidre Ford and Lawrence Hoffman.

• Megan Kelly, daughter of Claire Kelly and Neal Kelly; and

• Hannah Morris, daughter of Jane and Jamie Morris.

The ORHS students are among an estimated 34,000 of the approximately 50,000 high scorers on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test who received Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise.

Commended Students are named on the basis of a nationally applied Selection Index score that may vary from year to year and is typically below the level required for participants to be named Semifinalists in their respective states.

Although commended students do not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, some of these students do become candidates for special scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.